Starfish ID?

[leena2674]

This little guy came in on some live rock.

He's a dark grey color, a little bigger around than a pencil eraser, and doesn't move around the tank much.

I've read everything I can find on starfish ID, but can't find anything that really matches.

Any ideas what type it might be?

 

[user 26995]

It looks like an astarina starfish. Some of them are okay. I have a bunch in my tanks, mostly the white ones. Some of them will eat some sps. And I believe zoanthids too.
I would do a little research on them. And if your not sure, just get rid of it.

 

[leena2674]

I did some reading on the astarinas... this guy just doesn't seem to match any specific pictures. I have 4 of them, and I've removed them to a specimen container for the time being. There are probably more, so I suppose I'll just pick them out as I find them. So far they haven't seemed to bother anything, but I don't want a nightmare later on.